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                <p class="p_TextIndentedL1"><img src="stereotypes.png" width="198" height="100" border="0" alt="stereotypes"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">UML supports a large number of </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">stereotypes</span><span class="f_BodyText">, which are an inbuilt mechanism for logically extending or altering the meaning, display and syntax of a model element. Different model elements have different <a href="standardelementstereotypes_2.htm">standard stereotypes</a> associated with them.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">For further definition of stereotypes, see the OMG UML specification (</span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">UML Superstructure Specification, v2.1.1,</span><span class="f_BodyText"> </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">section 18.3.8, pp. 667-672</span><span class="f_BodyText">).</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">A stereotype is generally displayed as in the example below (where </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">&laquo;myStereotype2&raquo;</span><span class="f_BodyText"> is the stereotype).</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="enum.png" width="146" height="125" border="0" alt="enum"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">In some cases the stereotype causes the element to be <a href="stereotypeswithalternateima.htm">drawn differently</a>, as below</span>:</p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="model-view-controller%20pattern.png" width="439" height="324" border="0" alt="Model-View-Controller Pattern"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">A metafile can be associated with the applied stereotype, as in the example below:</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL2"><img src="stereotype%20metafile%20association.png" width="545" height="406" border="0" alt="Stereotype Metafile Association"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">New, or customized, stereotypes can be created. Stereotypes can also be associated with new shapes, using either metafiles (image files) and colors or </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Shape Scripts,</span><span class="f_BodyText"> to apply non-UML shapes to elements and connectors. For further information on <a href="creatingcustomstereotypes.htm">customizing stereotypes</a> and applying <a href="shape_editor_2.htm">Shape Scripts</a>, see </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="introduction_2.htm">SDK for Enterprise Architect</a></span></p>




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